ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ M arch 2003 / 211 G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s Ann-Christe Galloway The Newberry Library has received nearly $65,000 in a “D ream Again” grant from the Illinois State Library to develop a com prehensive p lan for th e retro sp ectiv e co n v ersio n o f the N ew b erry ’s century-old card catalog. Currently, only 20 percent o f th e N ew berry’s collection is represented in the o n lin e catalog. M artha C onw ay, w h o o v e rsa w A la n L e o p o ld , d ir e c to r o f c o lle c tio n services a t th e N e w b e r r y L ib r a r y , a n d M a r t h a C o n w a y , p r o je c t c o n s u lta n t, in f r o n t o f th e N ew berry's c e n tu ry -o ld card c a ta lo g . more than a d ozen retrospective conversion efforts at th e Y ale U niversity Libraries, w ill w o rk w ith the N ew b erry Library staff to design a m ultiyear p ro je c t th a t w ill r e s u lt in th e c o n v e r s io n o f ap p ro x im ately 800,000 records, including those for rare b o o k s , m ap s, m anuscripts, a n d m usic. They will establish data standards an d procedures for se c u rin g cata lo g re c o rd s fro m v en d o rs, lay th e g r o u n d w o r k fo r fu n d in g , a n d d e v e lo p a strategy for m anaging the project o n a n ongoing basis. T h e p la n n in g g rant is p a rt o f a $3-m illion project to m o d e rn iz e collection access for users o f th e N e w b e rr y Library. The University of California-Davis has b e e n a w a r d e d $86,765 fro m th e I n s titu te o f M useum a n d Library Services, Library Services a n d T e c h n o lo g y A ct, a d m in is te r e d b y th e C alifornia State librarian, to p ro cess th e p a p e rs o f C alifornia p o e t G ary Snyder a n d to m a k e th e c o lle c tio n a c c e s s ib le th r o u g h a fin d in g a id m o u n te d o n th e O n lin e A rchive o f C alifornia W eb site. S n y d e r h a s p u b lis h e d m o re th a n 18 b o o k s o f p o etry a n d prose. No Nature, a volum e o f selected p o em s, w as a finalist fo r th e N ational B ook A w ard in 1992. His b o o k Turtle islandw on the Pulitzer Prize fo r Poetry in 1975. T h e Snyder Papers consist o f over 180 linear feet o f his published an d unpublished works, m an u scrip ts, p e rs o n a l a n d b u sin ess correspondence, and photographs. The Columbia University Oral H isto ry R e s e a rc h O ffice (O H R O ) has received a grant o f $48,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation to support the second year o f w ork o n the “September 11, 2001, O ral H istory N arrative a n d M em ory P ro ject.” T h e fu n d s w ill b e u s e d to h ire a p ro je c t co o rd in ato r. T hrough a grant o f $ 132,894 in O ctober 2001 from the Rockefeller Foundation, OHRO conducted 120 interviews w ith A m erican a n d im m igrant Muslims, Latinos, a n d Afghans, as w ell as artists w h o se w ork an d lives w ere affected by th e afterm ath o f th e e v e n ts. Ohio State University has been awarded $ 5 8,000 fro m th e S ave A m e ric a ’s T re a s u r e s p r o g r a m o f th e N a tio n a l E n d o w m e n t fo r th e A rts /N a tio n a l P a rk s S e rv ic e to p r e s e r v e th e Jam es T h u rb er Collection. T he inherently acidic n a tu r e o f th e p a p e r s u s e d b y T h u r b e r fo r h is literary m anuscripts an d correspondence requires tr e a tm e n t to s ta b iliz e th e i r c h e m is try . T h e c o lle c tio n is th e p rim a ry re s o u r c e fo r th e m anuscripts, letters, draw ings, published w orks, scra p b o o k s, a n d o th e r s u p p o rtin g m aterials o f th e A m erican hum o rist. N ortheastern U niversity has been aw arded $19,979 by the Library Services and Technology Act through the Massachusetts Board o f Library Commissioners for projects relating to serving individuals w ith disabilities a n d to preserving library materials. T he Serving People w ith Disabilities aw ard will im prove access to 2 1 2 /C&RL News U March 2003 library inform ation resources; rem ove barriers that im pede access; increase aw areness about library services for people w ith disabilities; an d expand training to staff an d to patrons w ith disabilities at the B oston an d Burlington campuses. A second project, a preservation survey grant o f $1,500, will provide about half o f the funding to hire a consultant to survey the Archives an d Special Collections D epartm ent’s collections an d facility. Cornell University has received a $170,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to investigate th e feasibility o f usin g herm etic sealing to p reserv e master copies of library microforms in d ev elo p in g countries. H erm etic sealing is a p ro cess that involves sealing packaged microfilm in a p o u ch purged o f oxygen in a system similar to th e sealing o f dried food. C ornell’s study will b e th e first to determ in e w h e th e r herm etic sealing can b e designed to preserve an d protect microfilm for long periods w ithout a cold storage vault. Preservation librarians at Cornell will collaborate w ith staff at R ochester Institute o f T echnology’s Im age P erm an en ce Institute to review hermetic sealing systems currently in use by institutions in Indonesia. T h e study will pro v id e a definitive scientific review o f th e te ch n o lo g y a n d p ro d u c e practical instructions an d specifications o n its u se a n d application. Ac q u i s i t i o n s The papers of John DePol, accomplished b o o k artist a n d illustrator, h a v e b e e n a c q u ire d by th e U niversity o f D elaw are. R egarded as o n e o f th e p re e m in e n t w o o d en g rav ers o f his tim e ‚ D eP o l is a n a c c o m p lis h e d artist in a v a rie ty o f m e d ia a n d te c h n i q u e s , in c lu d in g e tc h in g , lith o g rap h y , w a te rc o lo r, a n d oil p ain tin g . T h e U n iv e rsity o f D e la w a re L ibrary a c q u ir e d th e p a p e r s , w h ic h s p a n 100 lin e a r f e e t in th e i r u n p ro c e s se d state, b y a c o m b in atio n o f gift a n d purchase directly from DePol. D uring th e course o f his long career, DePol w o rk ed w ith som e o f the best-known fine-press printers and did commercial w o rk a n d p r o d u c e d k e e p s a k e s , in v ita tio n s , b o o k le ts , a n d illu s tra tio n s fo r m a g a z in e s , c o r p o r a tio n s , p u b lis h e r s , f o u n d a tio n s , a n d ac ad em ic institutions. Acollection from Richard B. (Dick) Yale, a th ird -g e n e ra tio n p r in te r a n d fo u n d e r o f th e Butterfield Express: Historical Newspaper o f the Great Southwest, has b een acquired b y San Diego State University. T h e collection includes books, m a n u s c rip ts , p h o to g r a p h s , a n d e p h e m e r a re la tin g to th e h is to ry o f p rin tin g , C alifornia, a n d th e A m e ric a n W est. Y a le ’s d e c a d e s o f collecting le d to a n accu m u latio n o f rare b o o k s o n th e p rin tin g p ro c e s s a n d th e life histories o f its a rtis a n s . I n c l u d e d in th e d o n a ti o n a re h a n d m a d e , lim ite d e d itio n s , s u c h as The Life Work of Dard Hunter, by D ard H unter II, w hich highlights th e e x p e rie n c e s o f th e 20th-century p rin ter w h o w o rk e d for th e R oycrofters Studio. T here are also several W ashington hand-printing p resses, d raw ers o f w o o d -ty p e specim ens, a n d vintage cam eras u s e d b y Yale during his lengthy jou rn alism a n d p rin tin g career. Speaker Tom Murphy, former Speaker of th e G e o rg ia H o u s e o f R e p re s e n ta tiv e s fo r 27 y e a rs , h a s d o n a t e d th e p o litic a l p a p e r s a n d m e m o ra b ilia h o u s e d in h is office to th e S tate U niversity o f W est G eorgia. A rec re a tio n o f his office w ill b e b u ilt o n c a m p u s , c o m p le te w ith the actual contents including furnishings, fram ed p h o to g ra p h s, p laq u es, a n d certificates to m ak e th e p a p e rs accessible to the citizens o f Georgia. The correspondence of Irish actress and activist M aud G o n n e a n d Irish p o e t an d dramatist W illiam B u tle r Y e a ts h a s b e e n a c q u ir e d b y Em ory University. Som e 370 letters from G o n n e to Y e a ts, a n d 30 o f h is to h e r , c o m p r is e th e collection. W h en Y eats m et G o n n e in 1889, she stirred him to strong feelings o f Irish nationalism. T w o y e a rs after th e ir m e e tin g , G o n n e re fu se d Y eats’ p ro p o s a l fo r m arriage. T h at refu sal m ay h a v e im p elled Y eats to e v e n g re a te r w o rk . N ot m an y o f Y eats’ letters to G o n n e survive, d u e to h e r fre q u e n t m oves, h e r fear o f im plicating him as a n Irish N a tio n a lis t b y k e e p in g h is le tte rs, a n d th e d a m a g e c a u s e d w h e n h e r D u b lin h o u s e w a s r a i d e d b y th e F ree State Police in 19 2 2 . Ed. note: Send y o u r news to : Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e- m ail: agalloway@ ala.org. mailto:agalloway@ala.org